Albertine’s 10th Anniversary Celebration

From November 14 through 17, Albertine Books will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a series of high-profile conversations and festive events featuring global literary stars.

Convening celebrated voices in contemporary literature and humanities, the celebrations will highlight Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo, Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany, author of the celebrated The PostcardAnne Berest, Prix Goncourt winners Patrick Chamoiseau and Hervé Le Tellier, bestselling author Marc Lévy, comic book author Catherine Meurisse, author and artist Nora Krug, Irish writer Colum McCann, American writer Katie Kitamura, Professors Kaiama Glover and Emily Drabinski, journalists Laure Adler and Mona Chalabi, publisher Françoise Nyssen, writer A.M. Homes, and children’s books author Anne-Lise Boutin, winner of the 2024 Prix Albertine Jeunesse, and many others.

Events will include a variety of panel discussions, a children’s drawing workshop, and a tribute to the late Paul Auster, beloved by French readers.

In celebration of this anniversary weekend, Villa Albertine is honored to partner with The New York Review of Books to present a festive and original event on Saturday, November 16.

Villa Albertine acknowledges the generous contributions of donors and partners to the Albertine Books Foundation in support of this event.

Discover the full lineup of events below!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Thursday, November 14, 2024

Atlantic Literature: Spaces, Languages, and Identities | 6:15 PM

With Patrick Chamoiseau & Kaiama L. Glover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Friday, November 15, 2024

A Tribute to Paul Auster | 6:30 pm 

With Siri Hustvedt, Colum McCann, Philippe Petit, Françoise Nyssen, Laure Adler, and Megan Nolan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Saturday, November 16, 2024

Literature and Censorship: The Era of Banned Books | 11:00 am 

With Marc Levy and Emily Drabinski. Moderated by Maris Kreizman. 

Literature and Memory: Writing the History of Our People | 2:00 PM 

With Anne Berest and A.M. Homes.  

Literature and Democracy: When Politics Shapes Private Life  | 3:30 PM 

With Alaa Al Aswany and Laure Adler

Literature: Playground or Battlefield? | 5:00 PM 

With Hervé Le Tellier and Katie Kitamura

Madame Bovary’s Carriage: The Art of Seduction in Literature | 8:00 PM 

In partnership with The New York Review of Books. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Sunday, November 17, 2024

Let’s Draw! – An Illustration Workshop | 11:00 AM

With Anne-Lise Boutin

Drawing & Healing | 3:00 PM

With Catherine Meurisse and Nora Krug. Moderated by Philippe Labaune. 

On Knowledge Democracy: Learning, Thinking, and Acting | 5:00 PM

With Esther Duflo and Mona Chalabi

 

 

 

 

 

 


Photo credit:(c) Catherine Meurisse

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